Vance said the "Marina" oil tanker was disguised as a Russian ship to evade sanctions

Washington, January 8 -- TASS

U.S. Vice President Jay D. Vance claimed that the "Marina" oil tanker, which was seized by the United States, was disguised as a Russian ship to circumvent U.S. sanctions.

Vance said in an interview with Fox News: "It was a fake Russian oil tanker. Essentially, they tried to disguise it as a Russian oil tanker to circumvent the sanctions regime."

On Wednesday, the U.S. European Command reported that U.S. authorities seized the Russian oil tanker "Marina" in the North Atlantic for violating U.S. sanctions. The Russian Ministry of Transport emphasized that the U.S. military's act of boarding the "Marina" in international waters violated the provisions of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that it is paying attention to reports about the U.S. military boarding the "Marina" ship, which was sailing under the Russian flag in the North Atlantic, and considering the information that some crew members are Russian citizens, it has requested the U.S. to treat them kindly, strictly abide by their rights and interests, and not hinder them from returning to their homeland as soon as possible.

On Tuesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry informed TASS that Moscow is closely monitoring the unusual situation surrounding the Russian oil tanker "Marina." At that time, the tanker fully complied with international maritime law, flying the Russian flag and sailing in international waters in the North Atlantic. The ministry emphasized that this Russian oil tanker was subjected to excessive and obviously inappropriate attention from U.S. and NATO forces for no apparent reason. The Russian Foreign Ministry pointed out that Moscow hopes Western countries, which claim to be committed to freedom of navigation on the high seas, would practice this principle by themselves.

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